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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A40092	A sermon preached before the Right Honourable the Lord Maior of London, and the Court of Aldermen, &c. on Wednesday in Easter week, in the Church of St. Andrew Holborn being one of the anniversary spittal sermons / by Edward Fowler.	Fowler, Edward, 1632-1714.	1688 (1688)	Wing F1719; ESTC R10667	20,353	37

thee The most Wealthy and Powerful have no power over the Spirit to retain the Spirit neither have they power in the day of death This is an Evil among all the things that are done under the sun that there is one event unto all unto the Rich and Poor But this is an intolerable Evil and never sufficiently to be lamented that the hearts of the far greater part of the Children of Men and especially of Rich men are full of Evil and madness is in their Hearts while they live and after that they go to the dead He who hath most improved his time in filling his Chests and laying House to House and Field to Field as he came forth of his Mothers Womb naked shall he return to go as he came and shall take nothing of his Labour along with him which he may carry away in his hand in all points as he came so shall he go and what profit hath he he hath but laboured for the Wind that is supposing he hath not taken the Advice in the Text. This man cometh in with vanity and departeth in darkness and his name shall be covered with darkness And though we know nothing more certainly than that die we must Yet so inconsiderative are the Generality that they know not their time but as the Fishes that are taken in an evil Net and as the Birds that are caught in the snare so are the sons of men snared in an evil time when it falleth suddenly upon them Though we all know that we must fail and can't be assured but we may the next moment and have innumerable Warnings given us to prepare for death yet most die suddainly and before they are aware O that we were wise that we understood this so as to lay it well to heart that we would consider our later end So much for that which these words suppose Secondly That which is Expressed in them is That the well-imploying and doing good with the good things of this present Life shall be rewarded with infinitely-better things in the Life to come And of this we have the fullest Assurance from these two Considerations and from either of them viz. I. That one Phrase whereby our Saviour expresseth doing Good and being Charitable with our earthly Enjoyments is laying up a Treasure in Heaven II. That He hath intitled the Heavenly Happiness to the sincere performance of this one Duty by many Promises and Declarations First One Phrase whereby He expresseth doing Good with our Earthly Enjoyments is Laying up a Treasure in Heaven This we find Matt. 6.20 In the foregoing Verse our Lord saith Lay not up for your selves Treasures on Earth where Moth and Rust do corrupt and where Thieves break through and steal Or Do not hoard up your Riches there being no Goodness in them but what consisteth in the well-using of them and besides by hoarding them up they will be liable to be either spoiled or stolen from you It follows But lay up for your selves Treasures in Heaven where neither Moth nor Rust doth corrupt and where Thieves do not break through and steal c. Or according to your Ability do Good with your Estates make them serviceable to Works of Piety Mercy and Charity And agreeably to this sense He thus proceeds The Light of the Body is the Eye if therefore thine Eye be single 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which may better be rendred Liberal as 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 signifies Liberality in several places thy whole Body shall be full of Light But if thine Eye be evil 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Envious or Covetous thy whole Body shall be full of darkness And this is plainly the Meaning of this Verse viz. As the Eye enlighteneth the whole Body and guides it this way or that so a liberal mind hath a like Influence upon all the Actions of a Christian But where an Vncharitable Spirit is there 's nothing but Darkness or the abounding of evil Works So that it appears by the Context that this Phrase Laying up a Treasure in Heaven was designed by our Lord to signifie being liberal and bountiful with our Riches But there could be no reason for his so calling it were it not to assure us that by this means we shall undoubtedly obtain a Treasure there And the like He doth Luk. 12.33 Sell that ye have and give Alms or rather than excuse your not giving Alms by your want of Money make Money of what you have that you may give Alms. And to encourage hereto he in the next words calls it Providing our selves Bags which wax not old a Treasure in the Heavens which faileth not where no Thief approacheth neither Rust corrupteth And in imitation of our B. Saviour S. Paul calls it Laying up in store for our selves a good Foundation against the time to come 1 Tim. 6.17 Charge them that are Rich in this World that they be not high-minded nor trust in uncertain Riches but in the Living God who giveth us richly all things to enjoy That they do Good that they be rich in good works ready to distribute willing to communicate O what a Charge is this How happens it that so few comparatively will Obey it But What Encouragement is there to it Surely the greatest imaginable for it follows Laying up in store for themselves a good Foundation against the time to come that they may lay hold on Eternal Life Or Rich mens being Rich in good works is Laying up in store for themselves a good Foundation or Treasure against the time to come c. Secondly Our Lord hath intitled the Heavenly Happiness to the sincere performance of this one Duty by many Promises and Declarations As we have one of these in the Text so the time would fail me to recite all those which our Lord hath given us out of his own mouth and by his Apostles I shall now Content my self with presenting you with two or three of those which he himself delivered In Mat. 25.34 c. He expresseth no other reason for the pronouncing of that Ioyful Sentence Come ye Blessed of my Father inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the World to the Sheep on his right hand but this I was an hungred and ye gave me meat I was thirsty and ye gave me drink I was a stranger and ye took me in Naked and ye cloathed me I was sick and ye visited me I was in prison and ye came unto me Verily I say unto you inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my Brethren ye have done it unto me And on the contrary there is no reason exprest why the Goats on the Left Hand should have so Horribbe a Sentence pronounc'd against them as Depart from me ye Cursed into everlasting Fire prepared for the Devil and his Angels but this I was an hungred and ye gave me no meat thirsty and ye gave me no drink c.